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UNCTAD estimates that FDI flows will rise moderately in 2012, to around $1.6 trillion. However, the downward trends of investment projects indicate that risks and uncertainties for further FDI growth in 2012 remain in place.

The Handbook is aimed at diplomats who are engaged in investment promotion. It aims to increase their understanding of the role that they can play, and to equip them with tools needed in their promotional efforts.

On 11 November, at a workshop in Maputo, UNCTAD discussed the main findings and recommendations of its draft Investment Policy Review (IPR) of Mozambique with Government officials and other stakeholders.

The 18th Directors Meeting of EMPRETEC, the entrepreneurship programme in developing countries supported by UNCTAD, will take place in Pretoria, South Africa, from 18 to 21 October 2011, bringing together entrepreneurs from across Africa and centre direc